The high temperature forecast for the next six days varies from 16 C. to 2 C. a difference of 14 C. or 22 degrees Fahrenheit. Meanwhile the entire month of March has been crazy with nearly zero snow for the first three weeks of March followed by flurries and wet snow in the final week. I've seen motorcycles out this month on the roads and likely snowmobiles a couple of days before or after. My wife attended her families annual Maple Syrup celebration up near Gowanstown last Sunday and there wasn't a flake of snow anywhere. This folks is climate change.
Apparently much of the climate change effects are being felt in the far north with longer summers and falls followed by shorter winters. While many of us human beings don't mind that so much apparently the effects for some wildlife and even plant life are not good. Life has adapted everything from migration cycles to breeding cycles designed to coordinate with weather patterns and emerging vegetative foods. These disruptions can be fatal to some species.
Currently about 95% of our huge snowfalls this past winter have melted. Groundwater levels are high which is normal for this time of year. To date there has only been some minor flooding and despite the snow being gone heavy rains in April could trigger floods again. Our summers have mostly been drier the last several years with my sump pump going from bone dry for six to seven months to discharging three to four times a day earlier this month. Our weather has not been normal for years and perhaps never will be again.
Think about what we have left our kids.
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